The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Staff Sergeant Theodore A. Johnson (ASN: 37673799), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company H, 2d Battalion, 232d Infantry Regiment, 42d Infantry Division, in action on 5 April 1945 at Wurzburg, Germany. During bitter street fighting in Wurzburg, Germany, Sergeant Johnson left his mortar section and without regard for his personal safety, accompanied a medical aid man across fifty yards of open terrain to the aid of a wounded tanker. Under heavy hostile fire, he helped administer first aid to the wounded man and assisted the aid man in carrying him back across the same open area. He then returned to his section where he aided in repulsing a sudden enemy counter-attack. By his outstanding courage and devotion to duty, Sergeant Johnson assisted in saving a fellow soldier from possible death or capture and in supporting the assault on Wurzburg.